Design for end of life: how circularity can offer a different path for solar energy

Matthew L. Davies; Petra J. Cameron

doi:10.1038/s43586-025-00460-5

Design for end of life: how circularity can offer a different path for solar energy

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With the rising success of solar photovoltaics, long-term sustainability needs to be addressed. We provide practical steps that researchers, journals and the wider community can take to embed circularity into emerging photovoltaics, from the conception of a new idea, to lab scale demonstrations, to scale-up.

Original language	English
Article number	9
Journal	Nature Reviews Methods Primers
Volume	6
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43586-025-00460-5
Publication status	Published - 8 Jan 2026

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General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology

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